Hong Kong National Party given extra week to submit arguments against unprecedented police proposal to ban it over national security concerns
Second legal team joins fight on behalf of co-founder Jason Chow, although extension is almost a month less than had been requested
Hong Kong’s Security Bureau has given a pro-independence party facing a possible ban an extra week to submit arguments against the move.
The Hong Kong National Party now has until September 11, which is almost one month earlier than the date in early October that it requested.
On Friday evening, the bureau said a legal representative for the party’s spokesman, Jason Chow Ho-fai, had written to it requesting an extension for making written representations in accordance with the Societies Ordinance, under which the police force made its unprecedented proposal.
“Having considered the matter, the secretary for security has decided to extend the period for representation,” a spokesman said. “The Hong Kong National Party may make representations to the secretary for security on or before September 11.”